future heads filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d w. b. ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. farewell to the former pope. about a can spokesman says the former pontiff benedict. the 16th has passed away tribute to the 95 year old. begin to flood in from around the world will take you live to st. petersburg silicon

ah unexposed are welcome to the program. former pope benedict has died at the age of 95, a spokesman for the holy c said that benedict died at home inside the vatican. for centuries, the tolling of the bells and saint peter square has been the signal that the pope has died. benedict health had been declining in recent days. in a statement, the vatican spokesman confirmed the former pontiff staff whose actress please leave it. and with me now for more on this is our religious affairs correspondent martin, gac the pope. ameritas is is dead. what do we know about what will be unfolding in the coming days to mark is passing? it's, well, we have heard that he will lean state beginning on monday, normally, tradition to it's that

a sitting pope has to be buried between $5.00 and $6.00 and $7.00 days. and in this case, there are quite a few protocols that will not take place because in this is not a rainbow. it is expected that at least some part of this will echo or will be more similar to a bishop's funeral. but what we know that will be sort of an absolutely new thing. i mean, is that the pope will be the one of the stating he's his funeral rights. and beyond that, it is very likely that he will be buried in the crypt beyond. below the back end are nice about him, which of course would not be the normal thing to you for a bishop, but it will be the normal thing for a po, for, for a dying poke. so the situation is actually to some degree unprecedented. but there are enough protocols in place that it is expected that the vatican will follow those either in the case of cardinals dying or bishops dying that they can actually pick up in order to sort of accommodate this very particular situation. now of

course, he sat down in 2013. can you tell us about his, his final years and relations with it? with a sitting pope? i think you know, that this pope was not the former pope was not cloistered, but he certainly lived a life of seclusion and to some degree, i think that the effort that the current pope has made in order to bring him into the light, bring him into the public eye and sort of visit him at somewhat regular regular intervals and also sort of show himself consulting with the former. both is an attempt actually to give him a somebody that can help unite the church in church. that a large degree was very much divide or his resignation because he did represent a more conservative side of the church, were s friends represent so much more progressive side of the church. so showing themselves together. and the fact that this is not about that simply farmer both that simply vanish into private life. i think has also been an attempt to actually show this image of a united church both from the progressive conservative side to unity and continuity

lead. ok martin. dea, thanks for that insight. let's take a look now at the life of the former pope benedict, the 16th and teachers square in rome, april 2005. got the name that's in get it. joseph rat, singer is elected pope benedict. the 60 is in yoda cardinelli. the lord cardinals have chosen me a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the lord lavinia this in your house. the new polk from germany will make history, but leave a troublesome legacy. joseph rat, singer was born in bavaria in 1927. he was the youngest child of a strictly religious family. he studied and then taught theology, and he ascended the hierarchy of the catholic church. in 1977,

he was appointed archbishop of munich. shortly afterwards, he was made a cardinal. then pope john paul, the 2nd, brought him to the vatican, where he was made prefect of the influential congregation for the doctrine of the faith. and when john paul died in 2005 rattling and became his successor, the new pope had a reputation for being quiet, modest and an arch conservative. he was also an intellectual and was not a man of grand gestures like his predecessor was even so his 1st trip to world youth day in germany was deemed a success. hundreds of thousands came to cheer him in as pope he saw himself as the guardian of the faith of the catholic church and was a strict advocate of celibacy. he criticized the recognition of same sex relationships and condemned doctors who performed abortions. ready bennett, exhort,

done all with other religions seeking contact with the leaders of the christian orthodox churches. say try to improve relations with islam and judaism. but there were also setbacks. for example, when he brought the controversial society a st. tires back into the church, even though some of its leaders were anti c mites and holocaust deniers. but it was the child abuse scandals in the church that cost a dog shadow, benedict spawn ticket. more and more cases involving catholic clergy came to light in more and more countries. the pope spoke of his shame and he promised transparency. but his critics said he didn't do enough. years later, the scandal was to catch up with him again. at the beginning of 2013 benedict received some cardinals in rome. it was

a routine meeting that became highly controversial because the pope declared he was stepping down at nab him, sung the pages of the church this ship and peter proclaimed the gospel for the strength of body and spirit and necessary is a strength that has diminished me in recent months to such an extent that i must recognize my inability to continue to carry out properly, the ministry entrusted to me and your the new prevent, surprise and dismay in more than 600 years, no pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though, and sundry of thousands of people came to benedict last audiences. pe benedict, left office on february the 28th 2013 a few weeks later. and there was an image for the history books to pope's standing side by side. the ameritas benedict promised obedience to his successor type

frances. in the years that followed, benedict rarely showed himself in public but at the beginning of 2022, the report of the new inquiry into the abuse scandal in germany was published. it incriminated benedict, the 16th during his time is archbishop. he is said to have accepted a priest. although it was known that the man had abused children on multiple occasions. benedict had his private secretary read out a letter in which he rejected any personal care and offered an apology. oh, let me call you come to the unquote own i've always has on other occasions i can only express once again. my deep shame, my great pain, are fond of him. my sincere apologies and all the victims of sexual sin she had had on monday the petted dog benedict critics said he was shirking his responsibility.

the ameritas type himself wrote in one of his last letters that he would soon appear before the eternal judge and was confident that he would be forgiven and tributes to lay. pope have been flooding in from around the world. india to render mowdy said benedict had devoted his entire life to the church and would be remembered for his quote, rich service to society. british prime minister richie sooner called late pope, a great theologian saying his thoughts were with catholics around the world. australian prime minister, anthony of uneasy also pay his respects, saying he was saddened by the news of benedict passing. let's go back to rome for more on this to our correspondent i ibrahim and what is the situation at the vatican now? yes, i'm right here and right behind me in st. peter's square, over the past hours,

we've seen crowds next start flooding into this area. the crowds are certainly increasing. and while it's not unusual for room to be crowded, this time of year, after all, it is new years eve rehab and seeing the crowds going with that being said, i've spoken to locals here and they said, well, it would be still very, very different if sitting pope had died, we would see even larger crowds possibly. so the mood is sombre. definitely. there's a sense of there's a sense of preparation in the air for the coming funeral. and we expected crowds to start growing here as well. and you were talking about the coming funeral, any details you can share with us as to how that will unfold. what are you hearing? well, we know that the sitting pope will be presiding over that funeral and we know that it will happen on the 5th of january. so next week on thursday. but you know, this is a somewhat unprecedented situation. the last to pope who resign out of his own

volition, something like 600 years ago. and while there are very, very solid protocols in place for when a sitting pub dies, there isn't really a script for what happens when a pope who has resigned or dies. and so we expect more and more information to be trickling down in the coming hours in the coming days. but so far, these are the 2 key pieces of information that we have. the funeral will be present over by the sitting pope and will happen on january 5th, on thursday, and just to in terms of, of the emotion there. i imagine there's a lot of grief, i imagine. rather, i remember myself covering the events around the death of pope john paul, the 2nd in krakow poland where there was sadness but great joy as well because they believed he was going on to an afterlife. and, and we're grateful for what he had done. is there any of that where you are that kind of mix of feeling a well, there certainly, you know,

there will be people that will be this morning. the legacy of bennett, the 16th his successor, you know, was very, very different. someone who was much more liberal, who had very, very different opinions. and there's certainly a lot of sympathy among the faithful with what a benedict, the 16th represented. so for sure his is, his legacy will, will be more and, and just the 2 folks you were mentioning, what was the relationship like between them, how would you characterize it? well they were very, very different and we know that, you know, benedict, the 16th representative more much more conservative, a flavor of the catholic faith if you will, can condemning same sex marriage, condemning abortion. and he's much, much less of a grand gesture, kind of hope more. his success are very,

very different, brought a much more liberal liberal opinions to, to the catholic church. and so there were differences of opinion that these really rarely played out in public, if you will. and in the, in the years that hope, the former po bennett, the 16th was retired in the vatican. we saw his successor reach out to him and a number of times visit him on a regular basis. and certainly try to put it in an amicable image to the public. okay, thanks just for that d. w. special correspondent, abraham in rome. and to recap our top story right now, a spokesman for the vatican has announced the former pope benedict. the 16th has died. we're showing you live pictures of saint peter's square at the vatican. spokesman said he passed away at his residence in nevada. can monastery just after 930 this morning. been in a been lying and relative living rather in relative seclusion at the monastery.

ever since he stepped down in 2013, the current pontiff pope francis visited benedict at his home earlier this week and said he was very ill and urged people to pray for him. the vatican had confirmed that benedict's condition had worsened due to deterioration from advancing age hope . benedict was the 1st german pope and almost 500 years. he was the 1st pope in modern times to voluntarily stepped down. is body is expected to be displayed from monday morning in st. peter's basilica to allow the faithful to pay their respects . and we're gonna bring the story back to germany now and go to our correspondent, ano cock in mock, till bavaria were benedict. the 16th was born and yet what's the mood like where you are? hello. yes, i am indeed in marked loan in the town were a po benedict was born. you may be able to see right behind me. this is the

building or where the pope was born in 1927 and you might be able to tell the atmosphere here is rather quiet on this afternoon. but we, i have to remind me of you that this is also a very, a small community, only around 2500 people here and i living here. and just a short while ago, i was able to talk to the mayor. and he said that indeed this is a sat day for macklin in and it is a sad day for the people living here. because of course, many people here have a as certain sense of price and that from within their small community. and there was this years i forgot sing out who was born here and who made it all the way up in the catholic church to become a pope. just a few meters away from me. and for me there is the church where a use of got singer was baptized. i was also able to talk to the priest there. he was just a put.